US1081717A - Device for replacing derailed cars. - Google Patents

Description

A. P. BRODERIGK.

DEVICE FOR REPLACING DERAILED CARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1913.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

A. 1-. BRODERIOK.

DEVICE FOR REPLACING DERAILED CARS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 11, 1913.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,. WASHINGTON. n cy U l E ARTHUR F. BRODERICK, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

DEVI-CE FOR REPLACING DERAILED CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16,1913.

Application filed. January 11, 1913. Serial No. 741,369.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F. BRODER IOK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Replacing Derailed Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for replacing a car which has been derailed.

One object of this invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction and which is not too heavy, so that it may be readily carried from place to place by the workmen.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is not readily shoved out of proper position while the car is being guided to the track.

Still further objects and advantages will more fully appear from the detailed description and the novel features of construction will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a section taken along line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken along line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmental detail view illustrating in perspective the part which engages the tie and the lower portion of the rail. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view illustrating a pair of replacers as used for re-railing a pair of car wheels.

The device consists essentially of a guiding plate placed over the rail, having an inclined surface on which the wheels of the car are raised from the road bed to the rail. In my improved construction illustrated, the inclined guide plate 1 has a lower portion 2 contacting the road bed at one side of the rail and an upper horizontal portion 3 which extends over the rail. The side edge of the guide plate farthest from the rail flares outwardly as it approaches the road bed and has an upwardly extending flange 4 along the entire length of this edge. The opposite lateral edge has a substantially horizontal guide flange 5 which curves over across the rail and terminates in a portion 5 parallel to the rail and spaced a suflicient distance therefrom to permit the passage of the flange of the wheel between this guide flange and the tread of the rail. As the truck is pulled up on the inclined guide plate, the wheel which is between the tracks will be guided by the guide flange 4: while the opposite wheel of the same axle will travel up the other guide plate placed over the other rail until its flange strikes the guide flange 5. Referring to Fig. 5, the wheel is illustrated as rising upon the guide plate G from a point on the road bed. between the rails and the wheel W is rising upon the guide plate G from pointoutside of the rails. The flange F of the wheel is guided by the guide flange 4. of the guide plate G while the flange F of the wheel W is guided by the guide flange 5 of the guide plate G.

It will be noted that by the gradual curving of the guide flange 5 across the track and its terminating in the parallel portion 5, the wheel corresponding to the wheel V shown in Fig. 5, will gradually be swung around until it is in position for properly contacting the rail when it travels off from the guide plate. While the wheel W is being so swung around, it will also by reason of its rigid connection with the wheel W, guide the latter wheel around into proper position to engage the rail when the latter wheel leaves the guide plate. Thus, it will be clear that during the initial movement of the wheels on the guide plates, the flange 4 serves to guide the wheels, and, in the flnal movement, the flange 5 serves to right the wheels and turn them into proper alinement with the rail. The flange l serves to limit the movement of the wheel in case the flange 5 gives the latter a greater turn than is required for the proper righting effect.

I will now describe the means whereby the plates are firmly held in position and prevented from being tilted or dragged by the wheels as the latter ride up these plates.

The portion of the plate contacting the road bed is turned down to form a shoulder 6 which engages a tie and projecting laterally from this turned over portion 2 is a tongue 7 which passes under the rail and one side of which forms a continuation of the shoulder 6 contacting the tie. Extending downward from the horizontal portion 3 of the guide plate are a pair of flanges or ribs 8 and 9 embracing the tread of the rail and held firmly thereby. As the car wheel rides up the guide plate, the latter is prevented from being dragged forward by reason of the engagement of the overturned portion '2 and the tongue 7 with one of the ties, and is also kept from tilting by reason of the engagement of the tongue 7 under the rail and the engagement of the flanges or ribs 8 and 9 with the rail tread.

The guide flange 4 not only serves to guide the wheel and to maintain it in proper position upon the guide plate, but also serves as a reinforcing brace for the plate and thus strengthens the latter so that the thickness of the material may be decreased, rendering the whole device lighter without sacriflcing any of its rigidity.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a light, simple and eliicient device with which a derailed car may be quickly guided onto the rails. The device is firmly held in position and is not displaced by the action of the car wheels either laterally or longitudinally of the rail. The entire device is light enough so that it may be readily carried by a workman from place to place, and thus its use is greatly facilitated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new:

1. In a device of the character described, an inclined plate, the lower edge thereof being adapted to rest on the road bed and having a shoulder adapted to abut a tie and formed with a tongue adapted to project under a rail, and the upper portion thereof terminating in a horizontal extension overlying the rail tread, the inclined edge of the plate farthest from the rail having an upstanding flange formed thereon, a curved flange upstanding'from said horizontal extension and passing over to the farthest side of the rail tread and terminating in a portion parallel to the rail tread and spaced therefroma distance at least equal to the Width of a car wheel flange.

2. In a device of the character described, an inclined plate, the lower edge thereof being adapted to rest on the road bed and having a shoulder adapted to abut a tie and formed with a tongue adapted to project under a rail, and thenpper portion thereof terminating in a horizontal extension overlying the rail tread, the inclined edge of the plate farthest from the rail having an upstanding flange formed thereon, a curved flange upstanding from said horizontal extension and passing over to the farthest side of the rail tread and terminating in a portion parallel to the rail tread and spaced therefrom a distance at least equal to the width of a car wheel flange, said overlying portion having flanges projecting from the bottom thereof embracing the rail tread.

3. In a device of the character described, an inclined plate, the lower edge of which is adapted to rest upon the road bed and provided with a shoulder adapted to contact a tie and a tongue adapted to extend under a rail, the edge of the inclined plate farthest from the rail extending obliquely with reference thereto and having an upstanding flange formed thereon, said inclined plate terminating at its upper end in a horizontal portion overlying the rail, said horizontal port-ion having a curved flange upstanding therefrom and extending across the rail and finally terminating in a flange parallel to the rail and spaced therefrom, said flange on the oblique edge of the plate also terminating in a portion parallel to the rail and spaced therefrom.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 6th day of January, A. D. 1913.

ARTHUR F. BRODERICK.

Witnesses:

FRANK M. ASHLEY, NATHAN COHEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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